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Who Is Micah Johnson? Dallas Shooting Suspect Identified As Area Resident
By Lydia Tomkiw @lydiatomkiw On 07/08/16 AT 10:24 AM

A suspect in the Dallas police shooting has been identified as Micah X. Johnson, 25, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. Johnson was a resident of the Dallas area who had no ties to terror groups or a criminal history. An unnamed law enforcement official told the Los Angeles Times Johnson had relatives in Mesquite, Texas.

Five police officers were killed late Thursday by shooters during a peaceful protest over the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile earlier this week. Dallas Police Chief David Brown said negotiations with one suspect, later identified as Johnson by a law enforcement official, broke down early Friday. After gunfire broke out, a bomb robot was used to kill Johnson.

“He wanted to kill officers. And he expressed killing white people, killing white officers, he expressed anger for Black Lives Matter,” Brown said during a press conference.

Brown said police cornered Johnson in a parking garage at El Centro College in Dallas and negotiated with him for several hours. CBS News also confirmed Johnson was the suspect.

“We saw no other option but to use our bomb robot and place a device on its extension for it to detonate where the suspect was. Other options would have exposed our officers to great danger,” Brown said. “He seemed lucid during negotiations.”

http://www.ibtimes.com/who-micah-johnson-dallas-shooting-suspect-identified-area-resident-2390102


18 posted on 07/08/2016 8:01:39 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

Hello Mr Johnson, time to negotiate with the terminator....


22 posted on 07/08/2016 8:05:42 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: KeyLargo

Could taken him alive provided he didn’t off himself.
Cops had nothing but time.........
IMO he was more value to the info trail alive than dead.


28 posted on 07/08/2016 8:18:21 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: KeyLargo

Is this the first time the police have killed someone with a robot?


33 posted on 07/08/2016 8:24:49 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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